Storage-battery jar



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,166

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1,505,166 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. BUP?, OF WILXINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTINGHOUSE UNION BATTERY COMIPANY, F SWISSVALE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Application led August 24, 1922.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. RUPP, a citizen of the United States, residin at Wilkinsburg, in the county of Alleg eny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage-Battery Jars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to jars. Jars constructed in accordance with my invention are particularly suited for use as storage battery containers, although the invention is not limited to this particular adaptation.

One feature of my invention is the provision of a jar having integral therewith lugs or shelves which support the plate rests.

I Will describe one form of jar embodying my invention, and will then point out the novel features thereof, in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. l is a plan view of a jai' embodyin my invention, Fig. 2 is a partial vertice section ou the plane II-II 1n Fig. 1, and Fi 3 is a partial vertical section Von the plane II-III in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View showing a modification of a portion of the jar shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Similar reference characters refer to sim- 3" ilar parts in each of the views.

Referring to the drawings, the jar, which may be of glass, hard rubber, or any material impervious to the action of the electrolyte and is electrically non-conducting, corn- I" prises, as usual, four side Walls 1, 2, 3 and 1t," and a bottom 15.

Located on the inner side of wall 2 are two lugs 5 and 6, and also located on the inner side of wall 4 are two similar lugs 7 -l and 8, the lugs 5 and 7 being oppositely disposed and the lugs 6 and 8 being also oppositely disposed. These lugs are integral with the wall of the jai'. Each lug coniprses a shelf c and two guides a and b.

17' The lugs and i' serve to support a plate rest 9 which is seated on the shelf c of these lugs and is held in proper vertical position by the guides a and b. The other two lugs and S serve to support a plate rest 10 in 1U .similar manner. The plate rests 9 and 10 are s aced from the bottom of the jar and may be of the same material as the ]ar, or any material with similar characteristics, and are provided with openings 11 to permit free circulation of the electro yte.

PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F STORAGE-BATTERY J AR.

Serial N0. 584,128.

One important feature of my invention is that the shelf surfaces c, being formed by the plunger of the mold, and having a very small surface resent to warp, will be on a plane practica l' parallel with the top of the Jar. The advantage of this is that the support for the plates is parallel to the top of the jar irrespective of iregularities in the bottom of the ]ar.

In order to insure a snug fit between the rests 9 and 10 and the shelves and guides of the lugs 5, 6, 7 and 8, I prefer to rovide a band of rubber 12 around each en of each rest as shown in Fig. 4, this band acting as a cushion between the rests and the supporting lugs.

Although I have herein shown and de scribed only one form of battery jar embodying my invention it is understood that vari` ous changes and modifications may be made therein within the scope of the appended claims, Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A stora e battery jar having lugs integral with t e sides of the jar, plate rests supiported by said lugs, and rubber bands on :lsai rests for cushioning the rests on said ugs.

2. A storage battery jar having lugs integral therewith, each lug comprising a shelf and a air of guides, and plate rests seated on sais shelves and held in proper position by said guides, said rests being provided with openings to facilitate circulation of the electrolyte.

3. A storage battery jar having lugs integral therewith, each ug comprising a shelf and a air of guides, and plate rests seated on saiffshelves and held in proper position by said guides and spaced from the bottoni of said jar, and rubber bands placed aiouiifl the ends of said plate rests to cushion them from the lugs.

4. A storage battery jar provided with separate plate rests supported on lugs integral with the jar, said rests being spaced from the bottom of the jar and provided with transverse openings to facilitate circulation of electro yte.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN L. RUPP.

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Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,505,166, granted August 19` 1924, upon the application of John L. Rupp, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Storage-Battery J ars, an error appears in the printed specifcation requiring correction as follows: Page 1, strike out lines 81 to 85, comprising present claim 1, and insert instead- 1. A storage battery jar h/L'vfn-g two shelves of comparatively small area projecti'ng inwardlyjrom the sides of the jar, and a plate mst .supported by said .shelves and space from the bottom of the jar.; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oice.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of October, A. D. 1924.

[SEAL] KARL .FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

